How do you move forward when everything you love is on the line? Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out--move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then...
Bereavement
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Author:Thao, DustinSummary: - Author:Fitch, ShereeSummary:
You won't always be this sad, her mother, who also lost a son, reassures her, while a close friend encourages her to pick up the pen and write it all down. Capturing her own struggles as she emerges from shock in the wake of her son's...
- Author:Phillips, CarlySummary:
Police officer Kevin Manning feels responsible for his partner's death, and Nikki Welles is grieving the loss of her brother. One night of shared passion leads to much more than either anticipated.
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Author:Pésémapéo Bordeleau, VirginiaSummary:One late September day, amid the year’s first snowfall, the winter child is born. He does not breathe. His mother watches helplessly until “at least the baby uttered a first tentative croak like a frog unsure of spring’s arrival.”
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Author:Cassidy, SaraSummary:Thirteen-year-old Liza is having trouble coping with the death of a local homeless man when she learns that her family’s apple tree will need to be chopped down. If that wasn’t enough, the new principal at school keeps blocking her...
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Author:Butala, SharonSummary:An intimate and uplifting book about finding renewal and hope through grief and loss. "It was a terrible life; it was an enchanted life; it was a blessed life. And, of course, one day it ended." -Sharon Butala In the tradition of Joan...
- Author:Dohaney, M.T.Summary:
One Friday, Walter Dohaney, novelist M.T. (Jean) Dohaney's husband, went out as usual to play hockey with his friends. She never saw him alive again. Without warning, Jean was plunged into the most painful and disorienting experience of...
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Author:Roberts, JillianSummary:A nonfiction picture book that introduces very young children to the concept of death in a way that is gentle, age-appropriate and comforting. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
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Author:Roberts, Dr. Jillian, Revell, CindySummary:Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child’s voice and answers that start simply and become more...
- Author:Scottoline, LisaSummary:
Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a...
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Author:Austen, CatherineSummary:When Josh's mother dies in a phobia-induced car crash, she leaves two questions for her grieving family: how did a snake get into her car and how do you mourn with no faith to guide you? Twelve-year-old Josh is left alone to find the...
- Author:Meunier, StéfaniSummary:
Quatre ans après la mort de son père, la narratrice, qui vit seule avec ses deux enfants, tombe sur une vieille photo de lui entouré de cinq personnes qu'elle ne connaît pas. Grâce aux souvenirs recueillis auprès des vivants, elle...
- Author:Canciani, KatiaSummary:
«J’avançais, émue. Ce lieu m’habitait depuis des années. J’avais si souvent rêvé de me retrouver ici. Ces chemins, je les avais usés du bout des doigts sur les pâles photos des livres, j’y déambulais alors en pensée, la main lovée dans...
- Author:Loranger, DanielleSummary:
Malgré sa carrure précoce d'haltérophile, Matis est né hémophile. Imaginez : avoir la vigueur de ses 16 ans mais habiter un corps qui ne peut pas encaisser de coup... Le moindre choc peut lui causer une grave hémorragie. Mais la...
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Author:Looten, WouterSummary:The Widowers' Manual is a practical guidebook for men who have lost their wives and are looking for a way out of the chaotic situation they find themselves in. The Widowers' Manual offers an effective methodology, and addresses the...
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Author:Worth, LizSummary:Pulling from raw themes of grief and death, regret and discomfort, sadness and failure, Worth wears these poems down to their bones. Straddling dreamy, ethereal images and brutal honesty, The Truth is Told Better This Way unravels its...
- Author:Keane, DaveSummary:
A poignant, gorgeously-illustrated story about a girl's bond with her grandfather and how it evolves after his death. Searching for treasures with her grandpa is this young girl’s favorite thing to do. Every week they examine the items...
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Author:Coleman, JaQuavisSummary:Mourning the death of his wife, a painter finds an escape through the drawings in his work. Not until he gets an unexpected knock at his door does his life take a drastic turn.
- Author:Deen, NatashaSummary:
Aspiring screenwriter Altuna Rashad has big plans for the last summer before she leaves Ontario, California, for the college in Georgia, the most important of which is securing the loving attention of her crush, Tristan Dangerfield;...
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Author:Little, AshleySummary:Tamar Robinson knows a lot about loss, more than any teenager should. Her younger sisters are dead, her parents are adrift in a sea of grief, and now Tamar is losing her hair. Nevertheless, she navigates her rocky life as best she can,...
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